Symbolic nomenclature for sinusoids

Frequently new ideas in a field are expressed inadequately in the nomenclature of prior art, whose terms may not be applicable to the new conception in certain respects; when this deficiency is realized a suitable nomenclature must be devised. In this article the author points out an example of this tendency in the present use of the term “vector” to describe the directed lines used in the treatment of sinusoidal functions and suggests that the term “sinor” be more appropriately used.